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Two Birmingham men who allegedly met a Brussels terror suspect and handed him cash in a city park are due to stand trial in November.

Mohammed Ali Ahmed and Zakaria Boufassil, both aged 26, are charged with giving money to airport bomb suspect Mohamed Abrini in a Small Heath park last year.

They are accused of meeting Abrini between July 9 and 16 and allegedly handing over £3,000.

The pair face one count of arranging the availability of money for use in terrorism on or before July 7 2015 under section 17 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

They appeared at the Old Bailey on Thursday via videolink from HMP Wandsworth.

Ahmed wore a black jumper, Boufassil wore a stripy jumper and both spoke only to confirm their details.

Boufassil was assisted by a French interpreter during the case management hearing.

Ahmed and a third defendant, Soumaya Boufassil, 29, also from Birmingham, are charged with the preparation of terrorist acts between January 1 2015 and April 8 2016, under section five of the Terrorism Act 2006.

Soumaya Boufassil was excused from attending the hearing.

They are due to stand trial on November 14.

The trio were arrested on April 14 and 15.

The defendants were remanded in custody and ordered to appear at the Old Bailey on October 4 for a plea and case management hearing.

Abrini, who is in custody over the attack at Brussels airport in March which killed 16 people, is also a suspect in last year’s attacks on Paris, which killed 130.